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A Camera Named MARCUS: Why is my 70 year old GRAFLEX SPEED GRAPHIC so special?

Adam Welch - Photographist

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15 Comments

@AdamWelch Creator 6 years ago Pinned

Fun Fact: Luke's Lightsaber from 'A New Hope' was originally made from a Graflex Speed Graphic flash tube. Yes...really.

@Martinroadsguy 2 years ago

This is my camera. There are many like it, but this one is mine.

@ThePhotoDept 5 years ago

great video!

@austinmiller8400 6 years ago

Such a badass camera dude, congrats on getting it!

@Dominic_1966 2 years ago

I had no idea you could swap the back with a rotating one. I gotta look into that!

@RichGoodDivineAdventures 2 years ago

Beautiful. I think of her more as a stately Marqueta. But I love the bumps - hope you didn't fix.

@ghosttownsentinel5288 5 years ago

Hey Adam, nice video of this wonderful camera. Question: where did you source that adapter to use a Toyo rotating back from? I would like to get one. Does it crop when rotated? Thanks.

@jacovanlith5082 5 years ago

Why put a Toyo rotating back on the Speed Graphic camera?
Do you put a German electric Bosch motor on a Harley Davidson ?

@seafire820 6 years ago

nice! I have the same model that I've cleaned and used for about a year now. Mine has a graflock back though, it's kind of odd that yours does'nt as pretty much all of the newer post war graflex's had them

@thomasboone1356 7 months ago

Really nice videos but why do you name your cameras?

@MrNpkellogg 6 years ago

Why don't any of the videos show the Focuspot which mounts on top of the side mounted rangefinder?

@stephenrichie4646 2 years ago

I need to adjust my rangefinder. Can you point me to a how-to video?

@pedromeza2398 5 years ago

Good review, I own a Baby Graflex and the 4X5, and 100 years old brass lenses, also I have started to make my own lens boards. Zip ties is my solution to hold the lens attached to the boards.